The Daily Telegraph's foreign correspondent Ben Farmer, describes the scene in Kabul as multiple targets are attacked by insurgents.

Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said.

Ben Farmer, reporting from the scene described the speed of the security force's response to the well planned attacks:”The Afghan forces sadly have quite a lot of experience in dealing with these attacks and moved very quickly to surround the buildings. I saw Afghan commandoes and snipers take positions around a building overlooking the diplomatic district.”

After initial bursts of gunfire and what may have been rocket propelled grenades there is now a lull in the fighting possibly suggesting that the assault on Kabul has become a siege situation.

“The last siege that they had in Kabul, which was around six months ago, took about 20 hours to resolve itself. So it could be that we are entering a time where we have to wait quite a while," explained Mr Farmer.